Headlines- The twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela last month claimed the lives of over 5,000 people, according to officials, who also stated that the country would need $346 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for reconstruction.
- According to the US Central Command, strikes against Iran were carried out for the seventh consecutive night.
- Iranian foeces targeted a Thai-flagged vessel that attempted to transit the Strait of Hormuz, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
- The US attacked an Iranian oil tanker docked at Karg Island, deputy governor of Bushehr, Iran said.
- After what it described as an Iranian strike involving ballistic missiles and drones, Kuwait's military claimed on Friday that several of its ground forces injured and that both military and civilian facilities damaged.
- Iran said it attacked an American military base in eastern Syria on Friday.
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President of UN Security Council Briefs...
The Permanent Representative of Malta to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of February, Vanessa Frazier briefs media an overview of the Security Council’s monthly program
Opening of “Diplomacy for Peace”...
The opening of the exhibit “Diplomacy for Peace,” organised by the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), is addressed by Courtenay Rattray, Chef de Cabinet for the United Nations Secretary-General
India Overtakes China as World’s Most...
The United Nations projects that China’s population will be surpassed by India’s population this year. According to experts, while this presents a chance to benefit from the demographic dividend, much will depend on how India makes use of its resources, especially its massive population of young people.
Holocaust Victims Remembered on International Day...
At the Geneva ceremony commemorating the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, Holocaust survivor Avraham Roet delivers a speech
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Al-Harith Idriss Al-Harith Mohamed,Republic of Sudan’s Permanent Representative, addresses United Nations Security Council about the situation in South Sudan and Sudan on January
Taliban Education Ban Protested by Pakistani...
The Taliban’s decision to ban women from universities has an effect on Pakistani women studying medicine in Afghanistan.
General Assembly Discusses the UNEP and...
United Nations General Assembly’s President, Csaba Krösi, addresses the General Assembly’s plenary session on “Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social, and related fields” and “Election of the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)”
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
United States’ Permanent Representative to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, addresses the Security Council’s meeting on Rule of Law Among Nations on January
UN Report:A Child or Youth Died...
A new UN analysis estimates that in 2021, a child or youth person would die every 4.4 seconds.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
The meeting on Peace Consolidation in West Africa is presided over by Kimihiro Ishikane, Japan’s Permanent Representative to the UN and the Security Council’s president for the month of January